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Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of other Orthodox and Anglican churches accompanied Pope Benedict in lighting a candle to launch the Year of St Paul.
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His challenge was to see the beauty in every face, even when the owner of that face had long given up on it. Surely, that is to love others as Jesus did—Jesus the One who never gives up on us. If we are to love as Jesus loved, we need to be forgiving people. Forgiving people are bridge-builders and reconcilers. - Fr Chris Gleeson, Madonna
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OPINION
Beyond knowledge to wisdomI believe this is one of the crisis points for contemporary Christianity. Put bluntly, its representatives do not seem wise. Yes, those representatives can give you any amount of information, some of them can even speak knowledgeably of Christian teachings. Wisdom is another thing altogether. - Fr Michael Whelan [More] - Aquinas Academy
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Connected across bordersIt is time for leaders of nations to see their national interests as connected with the interests of people on the other side of the globe. We have reached the point where human existence is at stake and our destiny is inextricably linked. If we are to overcome this crisis of climate change we need to think beyond the confines of national states. - Just Comment [More] - Edmund Rice Centre
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Debate about alcohol follows death of US seminarians
The death of two Chicago seminarians in a car accident last week has raised new concerns about formation programs for potential priests and issues surrounding alcohol use.
Catholic News Agency reports that both seminarians were killed in an accident, which occurred while the car was being driven at a speed of 113 km/h in the grounds of Chicago's Mundelein Seminary, at the University of St. Mary of the Lake.
The News Agency says it has learned that Mundelein has sent a letter to Catholic seminaries around the country urging discussion about drinking in the nation's seminaries and what sort of character they ought to be looking for in priestly candidates.
The local sheriff's office said that Robert Spaulding, 27, the driver of the car, faces a special class 2 aggravated DUI, punishable by 6-28 years in prison.
Both Spaulding, and the car's registered owner, 36-year old Mark Rowlands, who was also in the car, have been suspended from the seminary. They were studying for dioceses in Wyoming and Ohio, respectively.
According to reports, Rowlands, a former Ohio police officer, was also arrested for carrying a gun, bullets and sheriff's badges in the glove box of the car. Police are charging him with impersonating a police officer.
Archbishop Joseph Nauman of Kansas City commented after the accident that, Molnar and Cheek's deaths "are a great loss for the archdiocese, and they will be deeply felt by the entire archdiocesan family…They were both wonderful and exuberant missionaries of Christ's love, and representative of the high quality of young men we have studying for the priesthood of the archdiocese."
Molnar's mother told the Chicago Tribune that he had gone to nearby Emil's Pizza and Sports bar earlier in the evening but had lent his car to two friends who wanted to leave earlier in the evening.
He and Cheek, who he had known from Kansas, ended up in the ill-fated back seat of Rowland's car.
"I feel sorry for the driver because he has to live with this all of his life," Pam Molnar told the Tribune. "Everybody makes choices. Sometimes their choices aren't the right choices."
SOURCE
Death of two seminarians sparks nationwide seminary discussion about drinking (Catholic News Agency 22/9/05)
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